The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-12-08
LLEWXAM's LETTER.
General GIeanings from the Seat OF
Government.

WAsHISGToN, d. c., Dee. 5-The
first session of the 10Th Congress con
venes at high noon to-day. The. House
Democratic caucus was held last Sat
urday evening, when the following
nominations were made, all Of whom
will be elected to-day: Speaker-Jno
G. Carlisle, of Kentucky Clerk
John b. Clark, Jr., of Missouri Ser.
geant- alarms P. Leedom, of Ohio
Doorkeeper-A. B. Hurt, of Missis
sippi; Acknowledgements Dalton
of Indiana; Chaplain-Rev. w. H
Milburn, Of Illinois-the blind preach
er. These are the old officials Of the
last House, except Mr.. Hurt, who
succeeds Mr.. Donelson as doorkeeper.
FIGHT IN THE CAUCUS.
During the contest for the door
keepershiP, Representatives Blount,
of Georgia, and Breckenridge, of Ar
kansas, had regular set-to Mr.
Breckenridge made a hot speech
against the retention Of Mr. Dcnelson,
against whom h. preferred grave
charges. Mr.. Blount replied, defend
ing Mr.. Donelson. The debate grew
personal, until Mr.. Biount, who is
much the larger man of the tAyo, struck
Mr.. Breckenridge violent blow in
the face, bringing stream OF nasal
claret to ornament Mr. BIS immacu-
late shirt front. The latter, however,
was equal to the occasion. He land
ed his right fist On Mr.. Blount's left
optic and then got the Georgia states
mans head in ehancery, when the
two belligerents were separated. They
are said to have since made up, how
ever, and all is quiet along tie Poto-
mac once more.
THE SCENES IN THE SENATE
to-day, may be of; an unusually inter
esting character. 1t is rumored that
the Republicans will attempt to pre-
vent the seating Of the newly elected
Senator 'Turpie, OF Indiana, and if
they do stubbon contest will take
place. There are 26 Senators, whose
terms begun on the 4th of last month,
to DE sworn IN, Of whom Ia are Repub
licans and IL Democrats, The Re-
publicans to be sworn in are Messrs.
Aldrich, Rhode Island; Chandler,
New Hampshire; Davis, Minnesota;
Dawes, Massachusetts, Edmunds, Yer
mont; Hale, Maine Hawley, Com
necticut; Hiscock, New York Pad
dock, Nebraska Quarry, Pennsylvania;
Sawyer, Wisconsin Sherman, Ohio !;
Stewart, Nevada, and Stockbridge,
Michigan.
The Democrats who will present
themselves to take the oath are Mess.
Bailey, Tennessee Blodgett, New
Jersey; Ccckrell, Missouri; Daniel,
Virginia; George, Mississippi Cor
man; Maryland; Gray, Delaware
Hearst, California; Pasco, Florida;
Reagan, Texas; Turpie, Indiana,
and Faulkner, of West Virginia,
whose seat is contested by Mr.. Lucas
As the Senate will stand before
swearing in of the newley elected Sen
ators it will consist of 25 Democrats,
"a Republicans and Mr. Riddleber-
ger.
Should any question a.ise before
swearing in the new Senators requir.
ing vote, Mr.. Riddleberger would
hold the balance OF power. By voting
with the Democrats he could carry or
defeat any proposition, as the case
might be, and by voting with the Re
publicans he could create tie.
1t is customary to call the names of
the new Senators alphabetically and
swear them in, four at a time, in that
order, but unless the Democrats are
assured that there will be no objection
made to the swearing IN of Mr.. Tur-
pie, who is last on TIE list, they will
insist on swearing in all the Senators
at once. If Riddleberger votes for
that motion there will be no trouble.
and it is probable that he will. F A late
dispatch says that Mr.. Riddleberger
voted in favor of the motion, and all
were sworn in without any troubled
RED-HEADED REPRESENTATIVES.
There are q red-headed Represen-
tatives in the new House. The num-
Der is vouched fer by an officer of the
House who has kept 2 record. There
are many with sandy hair and hair
that is almost red-red enough to at
tract a gray horse. Twenty seven
heads to match against twenty-seven |